Nothin' Fancy Discography of CDs

Nothin' Fancy music CDs Audio Remasterer: Tim Kastner. Recording information: Adventure Studio, Nashville, TN. Personnel: Chris Sexton (vocals, fiddle, viola); Rhonda Vincent (vocals, tenor saxophone); Gary Wayne Farris (tenor, tenor saxophone); Tony Shorter (baritone, bass guitar); Mitchell Davis (bass voice, banjo); Darrin Vincent (guitar, arch guitar, mandolin); Cody Kilby, Steven Sheen (guitar); Mike Andes (mandolin); Chris Sexton (fiddle). Audio Mixers: Darrin Vincent; Steve Chandler.

Nothin' Fancy discography Audio Mixer: David Parmley. Recording information: Flat Five Press & Recording, Salem, VA. Nothin' Fancy: Chris Sexton (violin, fiddle, viola, cello); Eli Johnston (bass instrument); Mike Andes, Gary Wayne Farris, Mitchell Davis. Personnel: Gary Wayne Farris (vocals, tenor, guitar); Elissa Johnston (vocals, baritone); Mike Andes (vocals, guitar, mandolin); Mitchell Davis (banjo).

Nothin' Fancy songs Nothin' Fancy combines the best elements of progressive and traditional bluegrass to create a hybrid reminiscent of the mellow sounds of Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen. The band formed in Lexington, VA, in 1994, and Once Upon a Road, issued by Pinecastle, serves as its fine debut. The album opens with "I'm Running Away," an easy-flowing ode to getting out while the getting's good, adorned with pleasant harmony and deft solos. The title track, interestingly, features a string arrangement, an unusual occurrence in bluegrass. The strings are tastefully integrated, though, and while classical-grass may be a hard sell, only traditional bluegrass fans will actually be offended. By the fourth track, listeners may notice that mandolinist Mike Andes has had a hand in writing three of the first four songs, and that the material ...

Nothin' Fancy CD discography Nothin' Fancy celebrated their tenth anniversary as a band in 2004 with their second Pinecastle release, Reflections. Following 2003's Once Upon a Road, Reflections finds the band combining both traditional and contemporary material for an attractive bluegrass blend. Once again, mandolinist Mike Andes' songwriting plays a central role, this time accounting for three-fourths of the material on the album. Andes has a knack for writing contemporary material that never neglects two of bluegrass' ...

Nothin' Fancy albums Track Listing of songs: A Soldier's Letter; Fly Off That Hill; Still Falling; Storm Clouds Over Manassas; House Built With Love; Lookin' Out My Back Door; Darkness and Dirt; Uncle Ermine's Fiddle; Panama Red; Things Will Never Be the Same; Grandma Bought a Hog; It Gets Better All the Time;